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...Most of Gaza’s Christian community of about 1,000 people have been sheltering in the Holy Family church and the nearby St Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church since the start of the war....
...Born in April 1936, Rothschild was educated at Eton College before studying history at Christ Church, Oxford....
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...This year’s scene in St Peter’s Square comes from the diocese of Rieti, not far from Rome, where St Francis of Assisi is believed to have created the first Nativity scene 800 years ago (see below)....
...(Corinthians, based on letters written by Christ’s disciple Paul, reads: “If Christ is not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”)...
...Two years later, Pope John Paul II gave Opus Dei a final, unequivocal sign of his support. In October 2002, some 300,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Square to witness Escrivá’s canonisation....
...I stop at the Church of St Vincent while waiting for the short shuttle bus back to my hotel, stepping softly as my ski boots knock against 500-year-old stone....
...They’ve tackled cathedrals before — notably the Grand Cathedral in Puebla, Mexico — but St Paul’s, its UK debut, will definitely be a highlight for artistic director Melecio Estrella: “St Paul’s Cathedral...
...I retire to my spartan but comfortable room, named for St Bede....
...On the wall behind him is a blurred image of Christ with a crown of thorns on his head....
...St Anthony Abbott had given away his possessions and retreated to the wilderness to pray in virtuous poverty....
...He attended Christ Church at the University of Oxford, where his history tutor was Hugh Trevor-Roper, and gained a first....
...Bishop Yohannes placed his hand on his Bible and, reading from St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, delivered a message to his former peers in the Ethiopian Orthodox church: “Whatever one sows, that will...
...In the winding lanes of the citadel, I came upon St Mary’s Church, now a museum of the paintings of Onufri, one of the great 16th-century icon painters....
...Additional reporting by Bita Ghaffari, Polina Ivanova and John-Paul Rathbone...
...As told to Tim Auld West End Woofs & Meows is at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London WC2, 10am-12.30pm on 18 November....
...Paul Gaultier’s haute couture line....
...At St Paul’s, nicely described by Frances Partridge as “the nose on London’s face”, he learns how easily the dome, a thin skin of lead supported by wooden timbers, could have gone up in flames during the...
...by Saints”, commissioned for an Antwerp church....
...FT HQ is next to St Paul’s Cathedral, the most awe-inspiring church interior in the UK. But I don’t talk about it, except with close colleagues 🤫....
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...Starting at Fori Imperiali and proceeding past the Vittoriano, it also takes in Circo Massimo, the Lungotevere and Castel Sant’Angelo en route to St Peter’s Basilica....
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